Somnology (SLEEP) Part Two Encore with Dr. W. Chris Winter

Published: June 2, 2022, 5:01 a.m.

b'Have you listened to Part 1 yet? No? Go on, git. Here\'s a link to it! Go do that. \\n\\nNow if you have, this Part 2 is a bonanza of problem solving from neurologist and somnologist Dr. W. Chris Winter. He\'ll cover: if you should be taking sleep supplements or pills, sleep talking, apnea, why sleepiness makes us hungry, narcolepsy, the difference between insomnia and sleep deprivation, how to lucid dream, the dangers of shift work and some tactics to lull yourself to dreamland without any medications. ALSO: I share a family secret: my mom\'s insomnia buster -- newly dubbed the "Sleepy Fancy Nancy" -- that has literally never failed me.\\n\\nAnd I am currently spending time with my family after my dad\\u2019s emergency brain surgery a few weeks back, but put a few extra notes and updates on how we\\u2019re doing. Thanks for all the thoughts, friends. \\n\\nDr. W. Chris Winter\'s sleep clinic\\n\\nDr. W. Chris Winter\'s book, The Sleep Solution plus his 2021 release The Rested Child\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/sportsleepdoc\\n\\nYou may also enjoy the Hematology (BLOOD) and Chronobiology (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS) episodes\\n\\nA donation went to Myeloma.org\\n\\nSponsors of Ologies\\n\\nTranscripts and bleeped episodes\\n\\nSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes\\n\\nBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month\\n\\nOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, masks, totes!\\n\\nFollow @Ologies on Twitter and Instagram\\n\\nFollow @AlieWard on Twitter and Instagram\\n\\nSound editing by Steven Ray Morris and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media\\n\\nTranscripts by Emily White of The Wordary\\n\\nWebsite by Kelly R. Dwyer\\n\\nTheme song by Nick Thorburn'